i am abundantly expressed in tumor cells!

for those of the non-scientific nature: a ligand is a molecule that binds to a receptor/protein (this here blog is gonna learn you something)

Murine/Rat Cytokine/Growth Factor/Chemokines Sample Spec sheets (subject to change without notice):
DATA SHEET: APRIL (a proliferation-inducing Ligand), also known as TNFSF13, is a type II membrane protein belonging to the TNF Ligand family. Although low levels of APRIL are found in normal tissues, it is abundantly expressed in tumor cells. ( everything past this point is can be read as blah blah so and so blah ......it's just cut and paste people. cut and paste......Recombinant soluble APRIL stimulates proliferation in Raji B cells, Jurkat T cells and MCF-7 carcinoma cells. Both APRIL and BAFF (BLyS) mediate their distinct biological roles through two receptors, TACI and BCMA. This Recombinant Murine APRIL is a soluble 21.9 kDa protein, consisting of 192 amino acid residues.)

and now...........


updates with she leggett:
* a whole lotta crafting was going down at t-vegas last night. so many sweets that the hubs came home with a bellyache.

* our senior composite pictures were taken this week. these are the pictures that will hang in the halls of the vet school FOREVER and, let me tell you, this is not a good thing for me.
at least someone will get a good laugh

* i found some of my papers and things from my high school a.p english class. also good for a laugh. there are poems, yesiree. i may post one for you lucky people.

* my first dentist appointment is tomorrow. yay

* i'm not very good at ping pong

* exactly 28days until clinics start/i become known widely as the bumbling idiot that i am. sigh.

* i have old lady hands but herschel seems to like old men... it's a dilemma




it was love at first sight.....




for herschel

things you get to learn in radiology:

the equine world is a world all to it's own, complete with it's own language and, though i haven't seen anyone flying it, i'm pretty sure they have their own flag.

my favorite radiographic view is the flexor tangential aka the palmaro/plantaroproximal- palmaro/plantarodistal oblique used to look for degenerative changes in the navicular bone.
what kind of changes you ask? why that would require assessing the synovial invaginations (seeing if there are "lollipops")and looking for medullary sclerosis and enthesophytes.
i mean honestly. i could be sleeping right now. and lollipops? come on.

all you need is a good imagination to be a radiologist.

the equine world is a world all to it's own, it even has it's own language and, though i haven't seen anyone flying it, i'm pretty sure they have their own flag.


fun fact of the day:
43 down in one of this week's crossword puzzles in the red and black (thank you, crappy student newspaper for giving me something to do during class) was "herschel's planet"
answer: uranus.

animal updates:
* astro is doing super but is a little grumpy after her dental/ear scoping. she had a nasty ear and has a perforated eardrum but she's got clean chompers.
* thanks for all the offers with snatchel but she's going nowhere. those ear nibbles are staying in the family.
* monkey: still tubby.
* pest: very much still one.

i've been rejected by the ADA.

i have five count em, five flipping cavities.
last week i pulled this weirdo black shard out of my mouth. yeah, i know. keep reading. i thought, oh crap, i lost part of one of my (many) fillings.
fast forward to today.... haven't lost any fillings but i need five more. and what the hell was that black thing? i feel disgusting.
teeth are stupid. i'm going to get some wooden ones. i can whittle them into neat and festive shapes for the holidays. i'll be local folklore... the girl with kwanzaa candles or leprachauns.
i don't know if i can be a badger with rotten teeth. how am i supposed to bite my enemies on the rump.
i can't even be a badger.

mondays are stupid.

who's this guy?
herschel womack. that's interesting. s'all i'm saying.






today is blah...
rainy. apparently my fat pants (i was seriously styling at school today) turn me into gumby when the bottoms get wet. they were literally covering up my shoes. disgusting. and my shoes weren't doing so great at repelling water so i had cold wet feetses.

ritengo come il papa!

congrats to mopemaster who graduated from culinary school on saturday. i cleverly add *the chef* to your list o' names.
i hope that you get the tall stiff hat instead of the poofy floppy one but i will take food from you no matter what... especially food of the waffle variety.

please note that this is not erin.......but can be considered an example of a fancy teapot.





in other news:
*i didn't win crap from the hill's partay.
*i have officially broken my drinking dry spell (i'm no match for free jack and coke at tasty world) but am still hanging on to my dignity.
*i was accosted by girl dancers in a garage in kennesaw.
*molson canadian is not a good beer.
*saturday morning is not the time to hit the atlanta aquarium but i did see the worst case of fake hair ever (dolly parton style)
*satchel pooped out the ear plug.

craziest random phone call of the week:
herschel's mom called to see if we were interested in giving satchel away

updates with professor tweener:

the elusive professor tweener.


* satchel has eaten an earplug. yes, earplug. swallowed it whole, she did. stupid, she is.
* i made a massive pot of chili but got none. sigh . but i did get this nifty cupcake dog from the hubs for my efforts. :)

* my shift last night at the emergency clinic was uneventful. i spent most of my time breaking the printer (for which i got PAID. love america.)

* incoming news bulletin.... satchel just pooped under the coffee table. she's getting creative.

* i've got to go to a class party tonight to pick up all the prizes that i'm sure to win. i'm probably going to win a trip, an ipod and some board review stuff but i won't forget my roots so don't worry.




happy weekend everybody.

day 2. the hat's journey.

do not, under any circumstances, eat carrots while in the vicinity of emily.

you're doing good el sombrero!


in other news:
* i don't remember any of the equine limb anatomy that i learned freshman year. this sucks as i will be tested on it in the make believe world of radiology next week. dorsolateral medial palmar oblique view of the carpus?
* i missed out on free dinner, drinks and a $50 gift card to bestbuy but i did get a sweet nap and ear nibbles from satchel.
* i like yogurt now. i may attempt to like fruit but i probably will not.
* there are some creepy flippin baby dolls out there, most of which can be found at "cherubs" in athens, ga. -- this store is not for the faint of heart
* thanks team leggett for feeding me real food two days in a row!
* a new trophy has been selected by the 2005 winner. it's a keeper!
* i have now used too many exclamation points and am putting myself on !probation.
* i can't think of anything else right now and it's time for 2 hours of looking at radiographs followed by 2 hours of listening to financial mumble.
* badger sounds.

i just wasted 4 hours of my life watching friday the 13th (parts 2 & 10)

In the United States, roughly 8 percent of the population is afraid of Friday the 13th, a condition known as paraskevidekatriaphobia





but there's only one dancing outlaw...

can badgers survive on napping?

apparently this car seat holds the answer because this is what you get if you search for napping badger on google images.....
these are the kinds of things happening over at google headquarters. (i'm sure there's a headquarters somewhere)
i don't explain it, i just report it.

badger napseat. could be nice.... i'm not ruling it out. birthday's coming up.

i only want to play sodoku. can i pay off student loans with my puzzling skills?

can i get through my respiratory notes without falling asleep? i think no.

some random stuff about january 9th.

birthdays: joan baez, jimmy page, les paul, gypsy rose lee, crystal gayle (makes my brown eyes blue) and richard milhous nixon


i'm not sure how to convey how creeped out i am by this.


deaths: jesse white the original maytag repairman and marco polo

stuff:
1861 - The state of Mississippi is the second state to secede from the United States.
1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
1989- "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS (i know. me neither)
1998- Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned. crazy danes
2006- successful aversion of studying for cardiology final and respiratory test this week

the final showdown: 2006, year of the hat!

some thoughts about last night's poker showdown:

* the boys aren't really that good
* things are a lot more low key (read.... less exciting for me) when she leggett and i are not drinking/shot bullying
* dirty herb doesn't need anything but some tall boys, hanukkah cookies and some chex mix to have a good time (other people not necessary but he'll let you know that he's happy you're there)
* i don't like it when the hat takes all of my black chips from me. not that i'm not bitter or anything. whatever.
* congratulations emily. i guess.
* did i already say that the boys aren't really that good? they really aren't.

off to read about dobermans dying suddenly...... pretty sure that's going to be on the final.

tidbits of the two variety:

#1.
this guy is the human incarnate of strongsad from homestarrunner. he is a real bundle of cuddly sunshine...

at this very moment, somewhere, he is talking about sudden death.








and #2:


even though this guy may be offering a really sweet deal on his new litter......

some unsolicited advice from your friendly neighborhood vet student: don't ever get a doberman. ever. really..
and while we're at it... please don't ever sport the mullet either. it's just rude.


this concludes my tidbits for today. thanks for reading.

i don't want to be delinked by me.

this is how we roll at the anatomy asylum......